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White Sox Spoiler In AL Central?
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy delivers during the first inning against the Detroit Tigers
The White Sox are mathematically eliminated from this year’s postseason, but it may not stop them from playing spoiler. The Sox could be the key factor in determining the AL Central winner as they play the Tigers five more times before the season ends.
In Friday night’s game the Tigers bats struggled against recently activated starter Jake Peavy. Peavy threw seven scoreless innings, striking out eight. That game could be a taste for the White Sox future. Alex Rios scored on a Gordon Beckham home run, leading the offense, Jake Peavy had a great start, and Matt Thornton closed out the game.
Sox Lose…Guillen Blows Up Again
White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen
White Sox lose in 14 innings Thursday Night/Friday Morning to Seattle, and Ozzie Guillen blows up, again. Audio courtesy of 670 The Score In Chicago. It’s not really news if Guillen blows up, it’s just a matter of what did Ozzie say this time. Did he call out a player by name? (Jose Contreras) Any racial slurs? (Jay Mariotti) Or just a bunch of profanity mixed in with his thought? (Other 90% of the time)
This time around it was Ozzie being tired of watching bad baseball and running out of things to say. His quote, “I’m only going to say two things, I’m tired and I don’t have anything. … It was 2 1/2 hours of satisfaction and then 2 1/2 hours of horse [bleep] baseball. Go ask [the players]. I don’t have any more quotes, seriously. What the [bleep] am I going to say? They’re horse [bleep]? Yes, they are.”
White Sox Have Mini Fire Sale
Late last night the White Sox reporters were told to wait in the press box after the 4-1 loss to Minnesota. The reason? White Sox GM Kenny Williams had enough with this team and tried to sell off what he could. This coming a month to the day of acquiring Jake Peavy, and a few weeks after getting Alex Rios, and paying both of them a lot of money.
Williams sent DH Jim Thome to the Dodgers and SP Jose Contreras to the Rockies, both teams in playoff races.
Zambrano the Ace
Posted by mradenkovich in Baseball on August 10, 2009
When asked what moves I wanted the Cubs to make before the 2009 non-waiver deadline, I said I wanted to DFA all of the Chicago media (Except Bruce Miles).
I’ve commented on my blog enough about Paul Sullivan, but what he said is nowhere near as ignorant as what David Kaplan wrote about today.
“I am so sick of hearing that Carlos Zambrano is the “ace” of the Cubs staff and that he is considered one of the best starters in the baseball. That is such a pile of garbage and it is about time people start to call this guy what he really is, a fraud.”
Wow, before we all go crazy, let’s define the term “ace.” In my eyes, the ace is the best pitcher on a certain staff. The ace is the pitcher you want to have the ball in the toughest situations. So, by my count, there are 30 aces in the league. Sure, Paul Maholm isn’t an “ace” on any other team, but there are teams that have two aces, like the Phillies.
Now, let’s check Zambrano’s resume.
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